If you put in enough foreplay and then delay taking the next step, the audience will start to complain.
Ye Zi reached out and opened a box, inside which were nothing but a few scrolls used only for calligraphy and paintings.
Although there was nothing else, everyone watching the live stream understood that these were antique Chinese paintings and calligraphy, because only Chinese paintings and calligraphy would be rolled up in scrolls.
If it's not an antique, then there's no need to travel across the ocean.
So, along with the disappointment came a touch of heartache; such a precious cultural treasure had been fed to the fish.
Ye Zi could tell the expressions of the viewers in the live stream just by looking at Reba's expression.
Then open the last box.
The last box contained only three items, which could only be vaguely discerned as two small tripods and an incense burner.
It is covered with copper rust due to the erosion of seawater.
But it is indeed a genuine Chinese cultural relic, and everyone knows that.
Ye Zi said to the drone camera:
"I hope that people from China will be sent here as soon as possible to take over these three cultural relics. How to handle them should be left to the professionals."
"Understood, we'll contact our home authorities immediately," the drone replied promptly.
The live stream was filled with cheers. The loss of cultural relics is a pain for all Chinese people. We have tried to demand their return through diplomatic means, bought them back at high prices on the black market, and made various concessions.
In order to recover a cultural relic, China paid a price far exceeding the relic's value.
However, the value of cultural relics cannot be measured in money; they are proof of heritage and a manifestation of cultural depth.
Therefore, China has been working hard.
Although Ye Zi has only found three artifacts so far, it is still a cause for celebration.
After unpacking, Ye Zi turned to clean up the guns and ammunition. If the grenades were usable, Ye Zi wouldn't mind using them to blast fish.
If the guns and ammunition are usable, Ye Zi wouldn't mind firing a couple of shots.
Upon inspection, most of the guns were unusable due to rust, and only a small number of guns, which were wrapped tightly in oil paper, were still barely usable.
Moreover, there were only five guns in this batch. Out of ten boxes and two hundred guns, only five were barely usable.
These five guns were not only tightly wrapped in oiled paper, but also covered with a thick layer of gun oil. It was no accident that they were still usable. After cleaning off the rust, they should be able to fire. The specifics depend on the firing pin.
However, there is good news: there is plenty of gun maintenance oil available. This is the case with rifles made by the Bald Eagle, and a complete maintenance kit is essential.
Except for some of the oil bottles whose stoppers broke due to prolonged soaking in water, most of the oils were still sealed. Yezi counted them roughly and found there were more than 130 bottles.
The instruction manuals are long gone, not even a scrap of paper remains. If you want to maintain your gun, you'll have to figure it out yourself.
Ye Zi didn't dare to disassemble it casually, because if he broke it, he wouldn't be able to play with it anymore. So his strategy was to first burn the unusable parts, and then practice on the remaining iron parts.
However, this doesn't require Ye Zi to study day and night; the main purpose is to pass the time, as the most important thing right now is to install windows.
The few glass windows salvaged from the shipwreck were the only usable source of light for Ye Zi and Reba's sanctuary.
Back in Alaska, the shelter where Ye Zi, Huang Jingyu, and Er Ya lived was almost completely dark. Although they could see things by the light from the open door and the fireplace, there was no natural light.
Light became the thing Yezi wanted most in the wilderness.
Now that we have glass, all we need to do is open a window in the shelter and install the glass, and the problem of daytime lighting can be perfectly solved. We no longer need to open the door to see what's outside.
Several pieces of glass were cleaned, and then a frame was made according to the size of the glass, firstly to protect the glass, and secondly to be embedded into the wall of the shelter later.
It took Yezi a day and a half just to clean the glass and make the frame.
The glass on the shipwreck should be considered tempered glass, and it's thick enough, but it's still glass after all, and we can't be sure if it's actually tempered glass, so we have to be careful.
Moreover, the glass is flat and the edges are straight. In order to prevent the shelter from swaying slightly in the wind during storms at sea, the grooves on the glass frame need to be deeper.
Because we didn't have any suitable tools, we had to dig little by little with a machete. Due to a combination of factors, it took a little longer than usual.
After the glass frame is completed, the tree still needs to be dismantled. After dismantling the shelter, the tree trunk at the pre-selected location is divided into two sections. The section needed for the glass frame is cut off, and then the glass frame is installed.
There's one panel in the front, two panels on the sides, and the back wall doesn't need a window because there's a bed there.
Also, glass cannot be installed in the wall shared between the two shelters, otherwise Ye Zi would be committing a crime.
It's fine for him and Reba to share a wall, since there's filling in the middle of the tree trunk so you can't see what's going on next door. But with a window, the other side will be clearly visible.
What is this if not thuggery?
Moreover, even if Ye Zi wanted to install windows, Dilraba wouldn't agree. Besides, Ye Zi was afraid of cyberbullying. If Dilraba's fans attacked him out of envy and jealousy, how would he sell his beef and mutton online in the future?
Installing windows was even more difficult, taking two whole days to complete.
However, after the windows were installed, the lighting in the shelter did improve significantly, and the bright interior also had a noticeable positive effect on the mindset.
At least during the hottest part of the day at noon, Yezi and Reba can rest indoors without having to get up and move around every short nap for fear of getting sunburned.
Reba was also happy, spending all her time wandering around the biggest tree on the island, and even measuring it several times with a vine.
Ye Zi immediately knew what Reba wanted to do: get a bathtub and take a bath.
Dilraba has been having a comfortable time these past few days, except for the lack of proper shower facilities.
Actually, taking a shower isn't difficult at all. The island is surrounded by seawater, so you can just go into the sea and take a shower. But Dilraba is a rather conservative girl, and she was only wearing a quick-drying outfit and her underwear.
The lingerie provided by the production team was fine as a swimsuit, but Dilraba couldn't accept it.
So Reba has hardly gone into the sea these past few days. Even when she does go, the water only reaches her thighs at most, and she doesn't go any deeper.
Another thing is taking a bath. Every time Reba takes a bath, she takes advantage of Yezi going to the sea to get food, sends the drone away, and quickly scoops some well water with a coconut shell to rinse herself off.
The Reba House does have solar-powered charging lights, but the conditions are ultimately insufficient.
Now that everything on the island is stable, Yezi has a small boat for transportation, making it easy to explore the surrounding waters. It's understandable that Reba is looking forward to taking a comfortable bath.
Besides, they can't keep using coconut shells as bowls forever; it's time to get some wooden tableware and furniture.
Since Reba has this idea, Ye Zi must satisfy it. After all, he is a powerful figure, and Reba's attitude is clear: she wants to rely on him. There's no reason for her to back down now.
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